Men of Invention and IndustryHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 396 páginas |
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... manufactured into cloth . Nearly every article of im- portance was brought from abroad , and the little com- merce which existed was in the hands of foreigners . The seas were swept by privateers , little better than pirates , who ...
... manufactured into cloth . Nearly every article of im- portance was brought from abroad , and the little com- merce which existed was in the hands of foreigners . The seas were swept by privateers , little better than pirates , who ...
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... manufactures of woollen , linen , and silk , and established many new branches of industry . * Five years later , in 1572 , the Massacre of St. Bar- tholomew took place in France , during which the Ro- man Catholic bishop Péréfixe ...
... manufactures of woollen , linen , and silk , and established many new branches of industry . * Five years later , in 1572 , the Massacre of St. Bar- tholomew took place in France , during which the Ro- man Catholic bishop Péréfixe ...
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... manufactures in wool , silk , and tapestry . He gave every encourage- ment to the mercantile and colonizing adventurers to plant and improve the rising settlements of Virginia , New England , and Newfoundland . He also promoted the ...
... manufactures in wool , silk , and tapestry . He gave every encourage- ment to the mercantile and colonizing adventurers to plant and improve the rising settlements of Virginia , New England , and Newfoundland . He also promoted the ...
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... manufacture , " that of making condensing steam - engines , which had become of great importance towards the close of his life . Two records exist of paddle - wheel steamboats hav- The First Practical Steamboats . 55 ing been early ...
... manufacture , " that of making condensing steam - engines , which had become of great importance towards the close of his life . Two records exist of paddle - wheel steamboats hav- The First Practical Steamboats . 55 ing been early ...
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... manufacture , and the mainspring perhaps of civilized society , arms , hammers , and axes were made ; then knives , scissors , and needles ; then machinery to hold and control the prodigious force of steam ; and , eventually , railroads ...
... manufacture , and the mainspring perhaps of civilized society , arms , hammers , and axes were made ; then knives , scissors , and needles ; then machinery to hold and control the prodigious force of steam ; and , eventually , railroads ...
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Página 205 - But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking and causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages...
Página 98 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To have thy prince's grace yet want her Peers...